Bucs WR Jalen McMillan may be out a while.
If the news Monday about Baker Mayfield didn’t get you depressed, the following likely will.
One of the Bucs’ core young and talented receivers Jalen McMillan, got hurt again on Sunday in the debacle loss to the Vikings. It was his first game of the year after he was nursed back to health after suffering a PCL sprain in training camp.
Apparently, on Sunday McMillan re-aggravated the same injury. That’s the word from Jenna Laine of ESPN, who noted McMillan may miss the next two months.
It’s a PCL sprain for Bucs wide receiver Jalen McMillan, per source. That’s the same injury he suffered during training camp to his left knee. He’ll get a second opinion, which will give much more clarity on the timetable for recovery, but the early thinking is this could be 6-8 weeks, which factors in his previous timetable.
This will be the third season in as many years as the talented McMillan has missed a significant portion of a season due to an injury. Sadly, even though Joe really likes McMillan, the third-year receiver from Washington is quickly establishing himself as injury-prone.
The fact that McMillan cannot stay on the field, and therefore cannot be trusted to be a major element of the Bucs offense, only reinforces the notion many fans on this here website have expressed that, with the Bucs barreling towards a top-five pick in 2027, the team should focus on drafting Ohio State star receiver Jeremiah Smith (who just got a defensive coordinator fired over the weekend; he’s so friggin’ good).
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